The Tascam Series 40 tape machines of the 1980s

12 years ago

Download the complete twelve-page Tascam Series 40 catalog, c. 1984: DOWNLOAD: Tascam40series1984 Products covered, with extensive text, specs, and photos,…

Martin Electric Guitars of the late 1970s

12 years ago

Download the four-page c. 1979 Martin Electric Guitars catalog: DOWNLOAD: MartinElectricGuitars1979 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Martin…

The Williamson Amp, part one

12 years ago

The original Williamson hi-fi amplifier schematic as published in "Wireless World" magazine (UK) May 1947.   The Williamson amplifier is…

UPDATED: The Very Early Magnecord SD-1 Wire Recorder

12 years ago

Courtesy of PS dot com reader H. Layer come these images of his Magnecord SD-1 wire recorder.  Magnecord ran a…

Low-Budget Ribbon Mic Listening Session

12 years ago

In several of my previous posts I have expressed my love for the humble Ribbon Microphone.  Ribbon mics were invented…

VALVE Magazine 1994-1999 Archived Online

12 years ago

Image Source (n.b.: clicking link will initiate PDF download) The Bottlehead Company is a long-running fixture of the DIY tube…

Christmas 2011

12 years ago

Despite the hectic nature of the holiday-season, I am inevitably able to produce one piece each year as a gift…

Sound Practices Zine Archive Available on CDR

13 years ago

I was checking out this bro's blog (or bros' blog? lots of chick pics) recently and I came across an…

Original EMI-modified Altec compressor on eBay: UPDATE

13 years ago

image source NOTE: the above unit eventually did sell on eBay for $35,000.  See below for scan... Here's something that…

The BRDCSTR

13 years ago

Above: The BRDCSTR, a two-stage vacuum-tube microphone preamp inspired by classic 1940s broadcast audio preamps.  Single-ended design with a 6SJ7…